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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bear say has to happen for a person to have a life?
(a) To have one good friend.
(b) To have loved on good woman.
(c) To travel to at least three other countries.
(d) To ask questions.

2. What is distinguishing about the person Crispin sees?
(a) The woman is shaking the child and crying.
(b) They have no clothes on.
(c) He has a bushy red beard.
(d) He is carrying a poleaxe.

3. What does Crispin tell Bear about Lord Furnival?
(a) That Aycliffe plans to kill Furnival.
(b) That the lord is his father.
(c) That he has seen Furnival once.
(d) That the lord is at war.

4. What does Bear get for them to eat?
(a) Three squirrels.
(b) A pile of mushrooms.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A deer.

5. What does Bear say is the reason he thinks his father did what he did?
(a) To bring him articles to sell.
(b) To make him a good boy.
(c) For a profitable trade deal.
(d) To have a holy son.

6. What is a wolf's head?
(a) A type of beer.
(b) A person who anyone can kill like an animal.
(c) The mark on the coins.
(d) A tavern in Crispin's village.

7. Who looks at Bear and Crispin with hatred while the two are entertaining the villagers?
(a) An elderly woman.
(b) A priest.
(c) A one-eyed man.
(d) A dull-witted boy.

8. How does the boy feel about joining the villagers?
(a) He is too afraid to join them.
(b) He decides to wait and see.
(c) He joins their fun.
(d) He is grateful for their attitude about his mother.

9. What did Bear do after the performers disbanded?
(a) Become a blacksmith.
(b) Become a sailor.
(c) Start writing a book.
(d) Became a soldier.

10. What does Crispin go into a village?
(a) To get help from someone.
(b) To rent a room in an inn.
(c) To look for food.
(d) To find new clothes.

11. Where does the boy go the night after his mother dies?
(a) To the river.
(b) To Goodwife Haverty's house.
(c) To the church.
(d) To the manor.

12. What position does John Aycliffe hold in the village?
(a) Constable.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Steward of the Manor.
(d) School teacher.

13. What does Bear show Crispin how to do that night at camp?
(a) How to string a bow.
(b) How to use a slingshot.
(c) How to light a fire.
(d) How to set traps.

14. What does the man do after Crispin answers his questions?
(a) Gives him food.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Tells him to leave.
(d) Blocks his way.

15. Who tells Crispin Quinel cannot meet him that night?
(a) The alcolyte.
(b) Crispin's friend Jamie.
(c) Cedric.
(d) Blacksmith Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the boy feel about the men's opinions of the steward?

2. What is Crispin's reaction to learning what Bear is teaching?

3. How did Bear feel when he saw some performers the first time?

4. Why do the villagers gather?

5. How does Bear know Lord Furnival?

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